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In the town of Bumblebee, North Carolina, 1932, fifthβgrader Stella faces the terror of a Klan burning cross that turns her community into a battlefield of fear and prejudice. Amid segregation and the threat of the Ku Klux Klan, Stella discovers her own strength and learns that standing up to injustice can spark change in her town.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Sharon M. Draper
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